Uncle Vanya

De: Anton Chekhov, David Mamet, Vlada Chernornirdik

Narrado por: Josh Radnor, Stacy Keach, Martin Jarvis, J. D. Cullum, Jennifer Bassey, Holley Fain, Devon Sorvari

Adapted by David Mamet from a translation by Vlada Chernornirdik. In this classic of Chekhov’s canon, an overbearing professor pays a visit to his country estate, where Sonya and Vanya, his daughter and former brother-in-law, have slaved to maintain his wealth. But Vanya is enchanted by the professor’s new wife, while Sonya has fallen for the town’s melancholy doctor. Includes a conversation with Rosamund Bartlett, author of Chekhov: Scenes from a Life. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance starring:

• Josh Radnor, as Astrov
• Stacy Keach, as Vanya
• Holley Fain, as Yelena
• Anna Mathias, as Marina
• Jennifer Bassey, as Mariya
• J. D. Cullum, as Telegin
• Martin Jarvis, as Professor Serebryakov
• Devon Sorvari, as Sonya

Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

©1988 David Mamet (P)2013 L.A. Theatre Works

Poor American soap

It's unfortunate that it sounds like a low budget American tv melodrama... it's distracting, and whether or not this is a style they have chosen It is at the expense of the story.

The Hollywood Theater

Another production where Hollywood ”actors” can pretend to be serious and get psychological gratification from the applause of a clueless audience The overacting is distracting. It is embarrassing.